In buffalo right now. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Much of the country today entered a second week of bitter cold. Tonight, freeze and wind chill warnings are up as far south as florida. The weather is blamed for at least 11 deaths. The highway outside buffalo, new york, as the snow fell, dozens of vehicles crashed one into the other today. Americans coast to coast woke up to subfreezing temperatures. The average temperature in the continental u. S. Early this morning was just 9. 1 degrees. And now the east coast is bracing for a major winter storm. We will have the forecast and reports tonight from Demarco Morgan and Omar Villafranca. First, demarco upon. Reporter the arctic blast that has been sweeping the country has been downing power lines, icing over roads, and causing dozens of water main breaks, turning neighborhoods, like this one, into an ice rink overnight. The cold snap has made it especially hard for Emergency Responders used to braving t
I think im the hottest guy in buffalo right now. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Breaks, turning neighborhoods, like this one, into an ice rink overnight. The cold snap has made it especially hard for Emergency Responders used to braving the elements. In new york city, firefighters fought flames as residents huddled on their fire escapes in 13degree weather. Firefighters in massachusetts were caked in ice after fighting a house fire. The water freezes on our equipment, on our air paction, on our masks. Reporter and in indianapolis, where temperatures dip tied record minus 12, first set in 1887, there was a mad dash to get the homeless off the street. This weather is not just, you know, cold. Its deadly. Reporter at least 11 deaths have been linked to the cold spell, including this family of four in kansas, who died when their car careened off a slick road. Chunks of ice could be seen floating in bodes of water from Lake Michigan to the mississippi river, to niagra falls. W
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More likely. Hard line, an type north korea as well. What do you make of the latest in north korea . Well, on the one hand the fact that the North Koreans and south koreans are saying they would look to talk. North koreans are talking of sending athletes to the olympics, clearly a positive thing. Happening in the context of kim jongun saying i keep a Nuclear Button here on my desk, that i wont hesitate to use if i need to, get threatened by the United States. And donald trump is saying, im not prepared to negotiate with this guy. Either trump is going to have to flip do a 180 or we are entering the most dangerous the environment you and i have ever seen between the two countries. Staying in asia now, your group, euroasia group, top risks 2018. China remains number one. Everything comes back to including north korean situation. Talk about china. Well, so, for the last several years, we have had a United States that is seen as having less in ffluence globall because we dont want to do it
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